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Fl a. 19, 1946- I B. M.- WILLIAMS 5 CONTAINER Filed March 5, 19 4 2 Sheets-Sheet l j a 9 :5 I

1/45 47' 7'0 ENE/5- Feb. 19, 1946. ,B. MJWILHAMS 1 2,395,364

CONTAINER Filed Mafch 5, 1944 2 sheets -sheet 2 Patented'Feb. 19, 1946 UNITED 7 CONTAINER, 1 Benjamin M. Williams, St. Louis, Mo., assignor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo.,'

a corporation of Maryland Application March 3, 1944, Serial No. 524,854

3 Claims.

inventionrelates to containers, particularly shipping cartons ofthe kind having a fold ecl-blank body with a slip cover and hand holes to facilitate handling. The invention has for its principal objects to provide a strong, durable and economical vfolded-blank body which may be ;quickly;andeasily set up without'the use of staples, tape or; glue and readily knocked down .for return shipment to-the packer; to provide .ior quickly and easily locking the cover to the body through the hand holes-inthe latter; to

provide for readily unlocking the cover to permit inspection of the contents of the carton; to provide blinds for the hand holes; and to protect the contents of the carton from injury when the fingers are inserted, in the hand holes in handling of the carton and in looking and unlocking the cover; The invention consists in-the carton andrin the construction, combinations and are .rangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

r In the accompanying drawings; which form part of this specification and whereinv like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a carton embodying my invention, 7

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of said carton,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the body of the carton,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the slip cover of the carton,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the blank which the body is constructed,

Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary perspective views showing the body of the-carton in the process of erection, v i V Fig. 8 is an-enlarged vertical sectional view from through one end of the body on the line 8-8 in Fig. 3; and 1 V Fig. 9 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through one end of the carton on the line $l--9 in Fig. 2. a

In the accompanying drawings, my invention is shown embodied in a. shipping carton comprise said end flaps.

holes 9 cut therein midway of their side edges 7 flaps 5 of the bottom wall panels. 2 have notches l in their outer ends adjacent to their side edges that form locking tabs 8 at the outer corners of The end flaps 5 also have hand and inwardly of their corner tabs 8. The side wall panels 3 are of a width corresponding substantially'to the length of the end flaps 5 of the bottom wall panel 2; and the end flaps 6 of the side wall panels 3 are of a length corresponding substantially to half the width of said bottom wall panel. The end flaps 6 of the side wall I panels 3 have relatively deep notches ill in the inner side margins thereof and are scored or creased, as at l I, from the bottoms of said notches to the outer ends of said end flaps to provide foldable tabs 12 at the outer, bottom wall panel flapopposing corners thereof. The corner tabs l2'defined by the patches H1 and score line}; H

in the side panel flaps 6 are of a length corresponding substantially to the distance between the bottoms of the notches I in the outer edges of the bottom wall panel flaps 5 and the score lines 4.

As shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7; the body his set up or erected by first folding the end flaps 5 of the bottom wall panel 2 upwardly into substaln tially vertical position, then folding the corner tabs l2 of the side panel flaps 6 outwardly thereover, then folding the side panels 3 upu ardly and then passing the double-back corner tabs [2 of a the said panel flaps and the portions thereof over which said tabs are folded through. the notches l in the raised bottom wall panel flaps 5--until said side panels abut against the verticalside edges of the said raised end wall flaps. In this position of the parts, see Fig. 7, the side well flaps 6 are disposed substantially in endwise abutting relation midway of the sides of the body A; and the folded corner tabs l2 oi the abutting side wall flaps 6 are di.;posed inwardly of the bottom wall flap 5 and are bent downwardly against the inner face of said end wall flap to cover the hand hole Q'therein, said tabs preferably extending to the bottom wall panel 2.

In this position of the parts, see Fig. 2, the side wall flaps 6 are firmly locked to the bottom wall flaps 5 by the depending tabs 12 0f said side wall flaps and the body can be knocked down only by folding said tabs upwardly and then swinging them upwardly and outwardly through the vertical notches 1 in said bottom wall flaps. In the erected position of the folded-blank body A, the side wall flaps 6 are disposed outside of the bottom wall flaps 8 from top to bottom of the important advantages.

.with the end flaps the consuming market.

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body for a width corresponding to the width of the corner tabs 8 of said bottom wall flaps, while the remaining portions of said side wall flaps are disposed entirely inside of said bottom wall flaps. As shown in the drawings, the slip cover B has depending end walls 13 with downwardly extending locking tongues or tabs it that are bent inwardly through the hand holes- 9 in the upturned end flaps of the bottom wall 2 and thence upwardly around the upper edges of said hand holes and between said bottom wall flaps and the end flaps i of the side walls 3, thereby-locking the cover in place. The cover locking tongues or tabs H are preferably scored or creased, to facilitate bending thereof; and the upwardly bent portions of said tabs have finger holes therein to facilitate withdrawal thereof.

asatl i of said hand holes to points located thereabov and having horizontal score lines extending from the upper ends of said slits to the abutting edges of said side panel flaps, whereby the hand hole 7 covering portions of said side panel flaps are adapted for vertical folding movement towards and away from said hand holes.

2. A carton comprising a body and a cover therefor, said body having a bottom panel with upstanding end flaps and side panels with end flaps that are bent inwardly from opposite sides .of said body into substantially edgewise abutting relation to form with said bottom panel flaps The hereinbefore described carton has several The body blank may be shipped in the flat and erected for service and afterwards returned to the packer in knockdown form for re-erection and repacking. The end iiapsb of the side walls 3' are firmly interlocked 5 of the bottom walls 2, and the interlocked flaps form two-ply end walls; The corner tabs l2 of the flaps 6 of the side walls 3 are held flatwise against the inner faces of the end flaps 5 of the bottom wall 2 by the contents of the carton and serve as blinds for the hand holes 9 to keep out light and as guides for facilitating entry of the cover locking tabs ll between the interlocked end flaps 5 and 6. The cover locking tabs ll also serve to stiiien the body along the upper edges of the hand holes; and they also provide smooth rounded edges for the fingers when the carton is lifted, The carton is particularly adapted for usein shipping fruits and vegetables, which must be inspected upon arrival at When it is desired to inspect the contents of the carton, the fingers are inserted through the hand holes 9 and into the finger holes 18 in the upturned cover locking tabs M which may then be withdrawn outwardly through said hand holes, thus permitting removal of the cover. .The corner tabs l2 of the end flaps i of the side walls 2 also serve as guard members for protecting the contents of the carton from injury by the fingernails during the locking and unlocking the cover locking tabs and when the hand holes are used in handling the carton.

Obviously, thethereinbefore described carton construction admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention. There- I do not wish to be limited to the precise carton construction shown and described.

What I claim is: v

1. A carton comprising a body having a bottom panel with upstanding end flaps and side panels with end flaps that are bent inwardly from opposite sides of said body into substantially edgewise abutting relation to form with said bottom panel flaps two-ply end walls, said bottom 4 panel flaps and cover the hand holes therein,

said side panel flaps having slits leading upwardly from the lower edgesthereof on opposite sides two-ply end walls, said bottom panel flaps having hand holes therethrough and said side panel flaps having portions that are disposed alongside the inner faces of the bottom anel flaps and cover the hand holes therein, said side panel flaps having slits leading upwardly from the lower edges thereof on opposite sides of said hand holes, whereby the hand, hole covering portions of said side panel flaps are adapted for vertical folding movement towards and away from said hand holes, said cover having tabs depending therefrom that are bent through said hand holes and thence upwardly between'said bottom and side panel flaps, the vertical folding movementof said hand hole covering portions of said side'panel flaps being adapted to facilitate such bending of saidcover locking tabs and their withdrawal from between said bottom and side panel iiaps and through saidhand holes.

3. A carton comprising a'body and a cover therefor, said body having a bottom panel with upstanding end flaps having hand holes therethrough andside panels with inwardly extending end flaps disposed alongside of said bottom P panel flaps in edgewise abutting relation, said bottom panel flaps having relatively shallow notches inthe upper edges thereof adjacent to the side edges'thereof, said side panel flaps having portions overlapping the outer faces of said bottom panel flaps between notches therein and the side edges thereof, portions that extend through said notches alongside the inside faces of said bottom panel flaps and relatively long rectangular tabs depending from said last mentioned portions and extending below the bottoms of said notches and across the hand holes in said bottom panel flaps into close proximity to said bottom panel, said cover having locking tabs depending from the ends thereof that are bent in- 'wardly through said hand holes and thence upwardly between said bottom panel flaps and the depending tabs of said side panel flaps, said side panel flaps having score lines thereon that deline the upper ends of the depending flaps thereof,

whereby said depending flaps are foldable along said score lines fiatwise'against said second mentioned side panel flap portions for passage therewith through said notches when said body is set up and knocked down and are adapted to swin inwardly away from said bottom panel flaps to facilitate such bending of said cover locking tabs and their withdrawal from between said bot 'tom panel flap and said depending tabs and through said hand holes.

BENJAMIN M. wmiiams. 

